beyond command and control

Three questions to ask about any tool

1. Who invented this tool?
2. What problem was he/she trying to solve?
3. Do I have that problem?

When we teach students on Masters courses, we drum these questions into them. They ask the first two questions with their lecturers; some lecturers can’t answer them. Many people – even academics – are prone to believing the people who developed the tools have done their thinking for them.